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Example sentences for: cousin

How can you use “cousin” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

That way, my maid of honor could catch the bouquet without my 6-year-old cousin tripping her.
In 1565 she married her young cousin Henry, Lord Darnley, much to the chagrin of Elizabeth (Darnley was a grandson of Margaret Tudor and thus also had a claim to the English throne).
Which isn't at all to excuse or make apologies for slavery, of course, but only to argue that our collective memory needs to include men like Robert Harlan, Justice Harlan's half-brother (or cousin, depending on which biographer you believe), who was educated by his master, escaped to California, made a fortune in the gold fields, returned to Kentucky and bought his freedom, then moved to England to race horses.
Full disclosure: Trotsky was my cousin.
And what about your teen-age cousin's Web page, with that cute picture of her Mohawk?